Category: Events and Recreation

Join the Wichita State University community for a celebration of life for Dr. Walter Mays, distinguished professor in the School of Music, who passed away on July 11. The recital will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 in Wiedemann Hall.

Friends, colleagues, students and family will perform several of May’s original compositions. The event will be live-streamed via the School of Music’s Facebook page.

Wichita State Student Engagement Advocacy & Leadership and the Care Team will host a Social Service Fair 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 10 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center

The fair aims to provide students with off-campus and on-campus resources and information including, but not limited, to physical health, mental health, disability services, animal education, child care, educational services, housing and financial assistance. Food will be available, as well as a chance to win prizes.

The Office of First-Year Programs in Student Success invites students to a Crafts & Movie night 5-7 p.m. today, Oct. 12, at the Heskett Center Lobby. For the event, students can wear their pajamas or comfy clothes while enjoying free snacks and a giveaway. This event is free to attend.

The event is part of First-Year Programs in Student Success’ Mentor Meetups, where students meet transition mentors. Transition mentors help students with any questions they have and can assist students as they transition into their first semester of college.

Organizations or departments that want to be placed on the official Shocktoberfest schedule, should fill out the form below. Shocktoberfest 2022 will take place Oct. 20-29.

All event requests are subject to approval through the Office of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership.

Registration is now open for student organizations that want to compete in the 2022 Shocktoberfest Octo. 20-29. To qualify, a minimum of five active members of a registered student organization are required to participate.

Since 1991, Shocktoberfest has been Wichita State’s annual fall celebration of Shocker Spirit and Pride. This multi-day series features events, activities and competitions coordinated by the Office of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership, with support from the Student Activities Council and several campus partners.

For 2022, competing student organizations will collect points by attending and participating in specific events throughout the week for their chance to win the Shocktoberfest Trophy and cash prizes.

For more information about the competition and prizes, please visit Shocktoberfest page below.

Please join us for a public lecture by Taylor Carr and Kristen Hadipour, Emprise Bank data scientists. The lecture, titled “Data Science in Industry,” will take place at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14, at 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30pm in room 353 Jabara Hall.

The next physics seminar will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 12 at 128 Jabara Hall and via Zoom. The seminar will feature Dr. Fabio Sauli, from the CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, who will give a talk titled “Development of Particle Detectors for High Energy Physics and Beyond.”

The Zoom ID is 417 954 7349; passcode: Physics.

President Rick Muma will host a town hall for the College of Fine Arts 3:30-4:30 p.m. today, Oct. 7, via Zoom. The link for the town hall can be found below.

The Big Pink Volleyball match hosted by Campus Activities and Recreation has been postponed until the spring 2023 semester. Our apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to see your support in the spring.

Brian Umbenhauer and Geoff Tuff — principals at Deloitte and Executive-In-Residence duo — at the W. Frank Barton School of Business — will provide a keynote presentation titled “Innovation at the speed of your customers” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Woolsey Hall Auditorium.

To attend, participants must RSVP by emailing jenn.lopez@wichita.edu by Oct. 17.